According to research from the University of California-Davis, concerns over foodborne risk from certain wild birds may not be as severe as once thought by produce farmers.
The study, titled “A trait-based framework for predicting foodborne pathogen risk from wild birds” published in the journal Ecological Applications, found that
Continue Reading Study shows that certain bird species pose more food safety risk to crops than others
A new study found generic E. coli on nearly one-third of the fresh produce sold at farmers’ markets in Northern California. It was not a test for the dangerous pathogenic E. coli, but a check on fecal contamination in fresh produce sold at pristine farmers’ markets.
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Continue Reading Farmers market fresh produce often comes with a fecal load included in price
Continue Reading UC Davis Partners With Chinese on World Food Safety Center
Officials with the University of California – Davis, and a China agricultural university in Shaanxi province signed an agreement this week to establish the Sino-U.S. Joint Research Center for Food Safety in China. The signing ceremony was held Wednesday in the city of Yingchuan, China, during a meeting that also
Continue Reading UC Davis, Chinese University to Establish Joint Food Safety Center in China
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Proposed Produce Rule is a substantively defective product. It’s not a question of the difficulty and costs of compliance and enforcement or of farm size or a commodity’s inherent safety – although these are important issues. The case I want to present is that
Continue Reading FDA's Proposed Produce Rule is 'Food-Safety Theater'
